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The Obama Administration’s Misguided Opposition to Tariq Ba Odah’s Request for Judicial Relief
On October 15, a federal district court in Washington, DC, will hear argument in Ba Odah v. Obama, a habeas challenge by a Guantánamo detainee whose prolonged hunger strike has…
Mass Surveillance and the Right to Privacy: Adding Nuance to the Schrems Case
Last week’s post by Megan Graham is certainly a welcome contribution in explaining the implications of the Max Schrems case by the European Union Court of Justice, and specifically…
The False Choice of Opposing Torture or Endless War: A Response to Samuel Moyn
In a thoughtful guest post Samuel Moyn has continued and deepened a debate we began in the pages of the current issue of Dissent on the relative merits of opposing war itself and…
News Roundup and Notes: October 13, 2015
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. IRAQ and SYRIA The US…
Too Much Posturing and Not Enough Substance on Encryption
Obama administration officials revealed late last week that will not force technology firms to weaken digital encryption to give government greater access to user data. This is…
When Sorry Is Not Enough (or Makes Things Worse)
This post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines the big stories from the previous week or looks…
News Roundup and Notes: October 12, 2015
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. ANKARA BOMB ATTACK Two…
Darkness?
In the wake of our recent, terrific panel on the “Going Dark?” debate, today the New York Times brings what appears to be big news from the executive branch: The…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (October 3–9)
I. Kunduz Hospital Bombing Jonathan Horowitz, Guest Post: Was the Kunduz Strike a War Crime? (Monday, October 5) John Reed, Precision Weapons, Mistakes, and the Need for Transparency (Monday,…
Toward a History of Clean and Endless War
It is idle — but interesting — to speculate on what future historians will say about our own time. True: We can never know, and would probably find ourselves shocked by what…
News Roundup and Notes: October 9, 2015
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. IRAQ and SYRIA ISIS has…
More Bergdahl Strangeness: ACCA Dismisses Public Access Mandamus Petition
As a follow up to my post this morning about the brewing fight over public access to various documents submitted as part of the Article 32 hearing in the Bowe Bergdahl case, the…